Chapter 11: The Necklace
Dipper's POV
I was walking in town with a grin on my face. I was listening to the recorder of the conversation I had with Pacifica's parents. The look on their faces as I told them they were garbage was priceless. I bet nobody has ever stood up to them before. It's about time someone did, and I was happy that it was me.
Now thinking about how Pacifica would react, she would probably be worried about my well- being. But I don't want her to worry about it, so I decided that when I get back to the shack, I wouldn't tell her what I said and keep the recorded conversation away from here.
I was about to pass a pawn shop heading back to the shack, when something caught my eye in the window. It was a silver necklace with a lama charm. And attached to the lama was a very small emerald. When I saw this, it definitely reminded me of Pacifica. The llama being her favorite animal and the emerald matching her eyes.
I usually never spend my money. Actually I have quite a bit saved up. I get a weekly allowance from my parents and with all the hours I put into the shack, I can basically pay for a nice car. But seeing that I can't drive and I had a few more years till I get a license, I guess I could spend some money on Pacifica.
I went into the shop and bought the necklace. It cost a pretty penny, but to see Pacifica's smile, I thought it was going to be totally worth it.
I came out of the shop and like clock-work, Wendy was using the cart to drive through town looking for me. I guess Stan was more worried than I thought, so he sent Wendy to look for me.
I waved to her and she drove up to me looking relieved.
"Dipper! Thank God! After everything Stan told me and Soos we were really worried about you, especially Pacifica! She practically almost went running after the limo that drove off with you." Wendy said
"I'm fine, I'm fine… I just needed to know if they knew anything…and also give them a piece of my mind." I said with pride in my voice.
"Oh my god Dipper, what did you do?" Wendy asked with a worried look.
"Instead of telling you, why don't you listen to it." I said as pulled out the recorder and turned it on.
We were about half way back to the shack when the recording finished. I looked over to Wendy and she had almost as big a grin as I did.
"Dude that was too cool! I can't believe you actually stood up to them! But aren't you worried about what they could do to you?" Wendy asked
"Naa, but I'm sure it would worry Pacifica, so don't tell her." I said
"I don't think it's going to help, she was worried about you leaving off in the limo without telling her. But those worries just turned into anger and frustration when I left. If her parents don't get to her, Pacifica will!" Wendy said
"First off, her parents aren't going to do anything! Second, don't worry about Pacifica. I knew she was probably going to be a little mad at me so I got her a something." I said as pulled out the necklace box and waving it in front of her.
"Dude! Jewelry! I didn't even know you knew about that kind of stuff, let alone could afford it." Wendy said in surprise.
"You kidding me! I live with Mabel. I always had to buy her stuff like this to keep her quite or to say I'm sorry. Thank God she likes the cute stuff that's usually cheap. But I decided to splurge a little and buy something for Pacifica that was nice." I said.
"Wow your pulling some slick moves Dipper!" Wendy said a little proud of me.
As I put the box in my back pocket we made it back to the shack. Stan was on the porch waiting for us.
"Kid! For now on, don't go anywhere with those guys." He said as I walked up to the porch.
"Wow Stan! I didn't think you would be this worried about me!" I said teasing him.
It didn't matter anyways, I doubt we would see them again anytime soon.
"How can I not be worried, when Pacifica is running her mouth the whole time you're gone on what they could do to you." Stan said in denial.
I then saw Pacifica run on to the porch I quickly tossed the recorder to Wendy to hide it. As I looked back to Pacifica, I was expecting a hug but instead got a hard punch on the shoulder that pushed me off the porch making me fall on the ground.
I looked back up to Pacifica, "Ok! I knew I had that coming!" I said.
"YOU FUCKING IDIOT! Why did you get in that limo without telling me what was going on! What made you think that was a smart idea!" Pacifica screamed at me.
I started to slowly get up, "Because I couldn't risk them coming into the shack if the disguise didn't work! But when you banged on the window, your father didn't recognize you so we don't have to worry about that anymore." I said in relief.
"And after finding that out you still got in the limo!" Pacifica screamed
"I needed to know why they came! I needed to know if they were on your trail or not!" I said not backing down that I did the right thing.
Pacifica ran up to me and started banging my chest with both of her fists. I just stood there and took them when I noticed the tears starting to show in her eyes. Her fists got softer and softer after every punch. Soon she was just leaning against my chest.
"You're a huge idiot, we were all worried about you! I was worried about you." She mumbled into my chest.
"I'm sorry, I won't do it again." I promised as I wrapped my arms around her.
I heard a click and a flash behind me as Mabel yelled, "Scrapbook-ortunity!"
"God I swear Mabel, we can't have one moment without you flashing that camera at us!" I said looking towards her.
"You'll thank me later Dipping-sauce!" She said running back into the shack.
"She might seem cheerful but she was almost as worried as me." Pacifica said
"Wow… I guess everyone was more worried about me than I thought… I'm sorry guys." I said looking back to everyone now standing on the porch.
"No prob-bro!" said Soos
"Ya Chill man. Just don't try to do this all on your own ok." Said Wendy
"Just stay away from those two from now on and I'm fine with it…" said Stan
"Just tell us what's going on before you run off like that ok bro-bro!" said Mabel
"Thanks and I will." I said
"So, what are you going to do now?" said Grunkle Stan
"What do you mean?" I asked
"Well if you do remember, before you left you paid for the day off."
"Oh ya! I guess I did promise that I'd take Mabel and Pacifica to go to the mall." I said now remembering.
Stan then reached in his pocket, and gave back the Stan bucks I gave him before I left.
"Wait what's this for?" I asked
"The only reason you gave me that is because you wanted to distract Mabel and Pacifica right?" Stan said
"Ya but I did promise them that we'd go." I said
"Fine then I'll still take you guys there, after this morning I think it's for the best to put this situation behind us anyways."
"Wow thanks Stan!" I said
"Mall! Mall! Mall! Mall!" Mabel started screaming while holding hands with Pacifica.
Pacifica gave a smile. It looked like she was really looking forward to it. I couldn't blame her. She's been stuck in the shack hiding since she came to live with us. I think it would be good for her to enjoy herself.
In fact, before we left to go to the mall, I pulled Pacifica away to the living room.
"What's wrong Dipper?" Pacifica asked
"Nothing's wrong! I-I just wanted to… t-to give you something…"
I held the boxed necklace behind my back. I don't know why I was so nervous all of a sudden. The reason why I got the necklace was for Pacifica.
Seeing how much I was struggling to show what was behind my back, Pacifica decided to tease me a little.
She started to slowly walk towards me with her hands behind her back trying to act all cute.
"Well what is it?" Pacifica said in a sweet voice.
Unfortunately for me the act was working. As she got closer and closer I started to feel numb and off balance. Every few seconds I would get lost in her emerald eyes but then come back to reality when she stepped closer.
"Come oooon! Show meeee!" Pacifica said now teasingly begging.
I felt the back of the wall against me. She pinned me! How is she always able to do this! She's pulling the same moves on me she did the night I brought her to the Mystery Shack.
Almost as if she read my mind, she chuckled to herself and said, "You're too easy to trap Dipper! With all the things you escape from in the forest, you can't even escape a girl getting close to you." Pacifica teased
She took another step closer.
"W-Well s-sorry for being shy!" I said nervously.
Our faces were now inches from each other. As she looked up at me with a confident smile the only thing I could think was "She's Too Cute!" My hands began to sweat and shake as I held the necklace box behind my back.
"Where did all my confidence go?!" I thought
"Actually maybe I won't give it to you ye-"
Suddenly I felt the box leave my hands.
"I got it!" screamed Mabel
I saw Mabel waving the box above her head.
"Mabel give that back! And be careful with that!"
Pacifica left my side and ran over to Mabel who was holding it tightly.
I then saw Mabel hand it to Pacifica.
"Don't look at it!" I complained. This isn't going the way I wanted it to. I wanted to be more romantic or something, but then I had to get cold feet and Mabel had to steal it from me.
"Why not? It's what you were going to give me isn't it? Pacifica asked
"W-Well…ya but…" I said disappointed
"Then don't worry about it!" Pacifica said
"Ya it's not her fault you were about to chicken out!" said Mabel
"I wasn't going to!" I lied with a flush face.
Pacifica giggles at my frustration and opens up the necklace box.
I see a look of awe in Pacifica's and Mabel's face the moment Pacifica opened the box.
Pacifica's face lit up after a few moments. The gift totally surprised her. I knew I made the right choice in the gift.
"Dipper Oh My God!" Pacifica said
"Dipper this must of cost a fortune! Did you even have this kind of money?" Mabel said
"Well I did, but not anymore." I answered
"But how did you have that much!" asked Mabel
"Are you kidding me Mabel? You'd have just as much if you didn't always spend your earnings on industrial amounts of "Edible Glitter and Sprinkles!" I said
"Oh God yes I love that stuff."
"I regret nothing!" Mabel screamed while running out of the room.
Pacifica turned back to me holding the necklace in her hand.
"Dipper it's beautiful! I don't know what to say. But why buy me this all of a sudden?" Pacifica asks
"Well because I knew you would love it since llamas are your favorite animal. Also I thought the emerald gem matches with your eyes. But I also wanted to say I'm sorry Pacifica. I knew I worried you and left you confused for my own selfish reasons. And I wanted to give you something for you to know that everything is going to be alright. This way it will remind you of me every day." I said
My face was flushed and I was still embarrassed about the gift.
Pacifica finally got me too look back at her and said, "Dipper, no one has ever put so much thought into a gift for me before….thank you"
Pacifica then unexpectedly jumped into my arms and gave me a passionate kiss. It was the best kiss we've had since that memorable night.
When our tongues were done exploring each other's mouths and our lungs couldn't go any longer without air, we finally broke from the kiss.
"Could you put it on me?" Pacifica said
She handed me the necklace and turned around holding her hair up. I slowly wrapped the necklace around her neck and connected the back of it. She then let her hair down and turned around facing me.
"Well what do you think?" Pacifica said as she striked a pose.
"It looks good on you as everything does. " Dipper said
"Awwwwe thanks." Pacifica said
We both then held hands and headed to Grunkle Stan's rusty car to head to the mall, but not before everyone noticed and complimented the necklace Pacifica had just received.